In the optimistic years preceding Federation in 1901, the Melbourne-based Australian Church emerged as a progressive Christian movement to serve a brand-new nation. Galvanising many members of Melbourne's social and political elite, activist Reverend Dr Charles Strong imagined the Australian Church becoming the national church, while addressing a broad social and political reform agenda, inspired by both theological and social liberalism. Their approach was described as 'progressive', 'liberal', 'radical' and 'socialist'. Strong and his wife, Janet, founded or led organisations for causes ranging from peace to penal reform. They fought for urban slum improvements, rural village settlements, childcare and adult education, the minimum wage and women's suffrage. Some organisations endure today; others left lasting legacies in Australian methods of addressing social inequality. Bringing together leading scholars of history, politics and religion, Charles Strong's Australian Church celebrates the church's radicalism, while taking account of debates and obstacles on the path to social reform.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction: Anthem for a New Nation
- Part I: Social, Political and Intellectual Currents
- 1. Middle-Class Radicalism in âthis fine new countryâ: The Australian Church Networkâs Social Activism
- 2. Charles Strong in Australian Intellectual History
- 3. âThose who live in glass houses shouldnât throw stonesâ: Charles Strong before the Royal Commission on Charitable Institutions, 1891
- Part II: Activists and Actions
- 4. Alfred Deakin and Charles Strong
- 5. âRender to no man evil for evilâ: A Study of the Criminology Society
- 6. Maternalist Influences on the Australian Church: The Women of the Sisterhood of International Peace
- Part III: Limits and Challenges
- 7. Herbert Brookes and the Crisis of Cultural Protestantism
- 8. âYou will have a stirring man, an independent man, and a man of many ideasâ: The Intellectual Ethos of Charles Strong in Queensland
- Postlude: The Australian Church, ReligionâState Relations and Christian Activism
- Acknowledgements
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Index
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